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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what field did many performers get their start?
(a) Tap dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Mime.
(d) Collecting tips for experienced performers.

2. What group did the magician join to get away from home?
(a) The Londondarry Circus.
(b) The Circ Ole.
(c) The Greenwich Fair.
(d) The P.T. Barnum European Circus.

3. What does Mayhew say about the education of street folk?
(a) They were the least eductated of all the common people discussed.
(b) He doesn't mention their education.
(c) They usually only have one or two years of schooling and if they can read, it is not too well.
(d) They are better educated than street vendors, and the majority could read.

4. Where was the convicted thief who was interviewed born?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Paris.
(c) Sussex.
(d) A gypsy camp.

5. What seemed to be part of the motivation for a street person to perform?
(a) Attention from an admiring audience.
(b) To be able to steal from the audience as they were caught up in a performance.
(c) Getting away from lives as things such as chimney sweeps, which is what most of their families were.
(d) A desire to move into the noble class by earning enough money.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had the clown worked in that capacity?

2. What were buskers?

3. To what does Hemyng say the theater, fireworks, low lodging houses, drinking, smoking, the music hall and blasphemy contribute?

4. In whom does Mayhew say this moral defect is present?

5. How much did the fire eater earn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the magician Mayhew interviewed and how did he become a magician?

2. How did cab drivers obtain their cabs, how many hours did they work, and what did they sometimes do to mitigate their long hours?

3. What did conductors do and how did they get paid? What kind of person might become a conductor?

4. Who did Halliday say were swindlers?

5. What did the London City Mission do?

6. What was a casual ward?

7. How did the fire eater Mayhew interviewed become one and what was his early life like?

8. Who did Mayhew call street folk?

9. What did bus drivers own, what did they do and what other work had many of them done? How often did they work and what did their work prevent?

10. What was a "Dolly mop" and who did the author consider one?

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